Paths Of Power d44 Classic Classes For Mork Borg Review

 

Hi everyone! Today I want to talk a little about Mork Borg the game, but not in too much detail. That’s for another article. The main point of this article is to talk about a supplement that I enjoy for it by Dungeon Pop. It’s called “Paths Of Power d44 Classic Classes For Mork Borg” and I’ve taken a picture of my lovely copy that I got from supporting it on Kickstarter and posted it at the top of the article for anyone who is curious about what it looks like.

Let me get this out of the way about Mork Borg: I love it. It’s fun, it’s tough, it’s mean-spirited, but it’s got a sense of humor about it too. What I really like most about it are its rules, which I could literally take from the base game and apply to ANY world I’ve created and it’ll fit right in…with one caveat: the classes.

Now let me get THIS out of the way: I don’t like Mork Borg’s classes very much. They are part of that mean-spirit and sense of humor I was talking about, but in play, I just don’t use them. I make my own characters and kind of Frankenstein my own classes from the classes available in the base book or in other supplements.

Or I should say that I did do that, until I received my copy of Paths Of Power d44 Classic Classes For Mork Borg.

There are 16 classes in this supplement, all based around fantasy archetypes. You have the Sorcerer, the Templar, the Druid…you get it. The art for the game is eye-catching, and I found it to be tame compared to some Mork Borg supplements, and I mean that as a compliment. I think most of the art is beautiful to look at and it really gets across the chaotic element of Mork Borg and Mork Borg adjacent game worlds. I love the bold yellow and pink fonts against the black paper, and I love the surprising yellow and pink pages that will pop up after I turn a few black pages. The layout is creative and assertive, and it earns its place as a Mork Borg supplement, although, like I said, I actually found this one a little easier to navigate than some other Mork Borg supplements.

My favorite class is the Necromancer, who becomes more like the dead he/she commands over time. It’s an interesting concept to me that affects more than just storylines, it affects gameplay as well. Whenever you use an Omen, there’s a 1 out of 10 chance you move one step down on a table full of new disadvantages and immunities and modifiers for your character that will change how you play.

All classes are just as well thought out. And I love the additional rules, or optional rules, for your Mork Borg games, that add stuff like status effects. It also adds a rule that you don’t die at 0 Hit Points, you just become Broken. There’s a few more, but I would like you to get the book if you’re interested in this kind of thing, and discover those yourself because this book has much more than just classes, although its brimming with classes and could have gotten away with being an awesome supplement of just that. This book went the extra mile.

This book introduces you to 20 Paths of Power. That’s 20 magic disciplines. And each of these 20 disciplines has 12 spells. They are awesome. I am not great at magic creation on my own, so having access to these many spells for my Mork Borg and Mork Borg adjacent games is a huge boon to me. From what I’ve seen, none are redundant. Each spell brings something interesting to the table. This could have been a separate, albeit smaller, supplement on its own but to have it bundled with all of these new classes and optional rules that make the game more interesting just seals the deal on this being my favorite Mork Borg supplement.

I can’t imagine the amount of work it took to make each class so unique and inspired and each spell matter the way Dungeon Pop did. If you have the opportunity to get a physical copy of this book, I highly recommend it. If you can only get the PDF, I still highly recommend it. It’s a beautiful book to have added to your Mork Borg collection.

This book made me want to play Mork Borg all over again and actually use classes! When I’ve played as these classes, they just felt wonderful and like they make the game even more unique. Side note: I use four characters when I play solo, so I stand a chance of possibly not dying horribly in the first five minutes of gameplay. Playing as four characters at a time also gave me a chance to try out more of the classes presented in this book. I still have 12 more classes to try out! I can tell already I’m going to have fun with them, just by reading each class’s page in the book.

This was a great impulse backing on Kickstarter and that tells me I should follow my gut more when I see interesting Kickstarters in the future.

You can follow Dungeon Pop on itchio here. I’m not sure when they’ll be releasing the Paths of Power d44 Classic Classes for Mork Borg on drivethrurpg or itchio, but the Kickstarter page and Backerkit page are still up. I would be on the lookout for this, maybe by following Dungeon Pop on itchio, for when this becomes available. I feel very lucky I was able to snag a physical copy and use it already. Trust me, as a Mork Borg fan that was disillusioned on using classes, this has changed everything for me about Mork Borg and it’s worth getting.

 

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